106. The Secret Weapons of Colonialism with Charles C. Mann

The Knowledge with David Elikwu

David speaks with Charles C. Mann, a journalist and author, specializing in scientific topics. He is the author of the bestselling books 1491, which won the National Academies Communication Award for Best Book of the Year, 1493, and The Wizard and the Prophet. He is the co-author of four books, and contributing editor for Science, The Atlantic Monthly, and Wired.

They talked about:

📚 The Columbian Exchange

🌎 How European diseases conquered the New World

🌾 How crops fuelled human conquest

♻️ Environmental limits and human innovation

🌱 The fragility of ecosystems

🌐 The future of sustainability

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/charlescmann-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

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🗣 Mentioned in the show:

1491 | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6

1493 | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur

The Wizard and the Prophet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL

Alfred W. Crosby | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_W._Crosby

The Columbian Exchange | https://amzn.to/3XJq9HN

Zoonotic Diseases | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/zoonoses

COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/

Moros y cristianos | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moros_y_cristianos

Russell Thornton | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Thornton

Morgan Housel | https://www.morganhousel.com/

The Psychology of Money | https://amzn.to/3RQzWYN

Adolf Hitler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Karl Marx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx

African time | https://theknowledge.io/issue25/

Yaqui | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqui

Fernand Braudel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Braudel

Daniel Defoe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe

List of deadliest floods | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_floods

Boxer Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

Taiping Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion

Norman Borlaug | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug

Green Revolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution

Stem rust | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_rust

William Vogt | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vogt

Paul Ehrlich | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrlich

Road to Survival | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Survival

Genetically modified organism | https://www.fda.gov/food/agricultural-biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food-and-beyond

Jethro Tull | http://jethrotull.com/

👤Connect with Charles:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann

Books:

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6

1493: How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur

The Wizard and the Prophet: Science and the Future of Our Planet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL

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